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(...) I actually believe my main reason for doing it was that I had to create hundreds of pages of HTML, and I didn't trust any of the "HTML authoring tools" to do what I wanted. Basically, I thought other people's tools would have bugs or (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Perl rules!
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) OK, I'd class those as incompetent rather than poor. Not that I'm pedantic at all. (...) Most likely, as I'm good at misunderstanding things like that. It sounded to me as though you were tending towards saying (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, I think you're not going to find much love for AIX anywhere. (...) Oh my. I personally like the ability to at least have case retained, but can go either way on whether opening a file is case sensitive. But passwords sure as hell should (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | The Continuing Desecration of Perl, or, www.perl.com (Was: Perl rules!)
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AAAAAAAAGH! Has anyone seen what they've done to www.perl.com today!?!?!? They've dumbed it down! It's absolutely *LOADED* with O'Reilly logos and ads! Perl is the tree, and the dog pack of O'Reilly and Associates just pissed on it! I'm more afraid (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yah, no argument there. I prefer the Windows 4 GUI over almost anything else (1), and I can run a wide range of apps on my NT box. But, I know the difference between reliability and popularity, and for mission-critical apps where down time (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Sproaticus wrote in message ... (...) that (...) born (...) fun (...) My current experience with UNIX is limited to IBM's AIX, but I find it infinitely more painful to use than Windows for some of the following reasons: X-Windows: sorry, in many (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I don't care if MS is a money-grubbing empire as long as they make great products. The problem I have with it is that they're only making good (not great) products and that, in combination with their monopolistic nature, hurts the other guys (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Please. Where would we be if we had nothing but Apple and Steve "I'm a megalomaniac" Jobs to depend on? I remember hearing YEARS ago how superior the Mac was to the PC because at the time all it took to "network" a couple of Macs together was (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: spamcake collection
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The almighty Todd tolde us: (...) Sounds like quite a challenging problem in its extreme... :) Since there are only about 350 of 'em, and editing will probably be necessary on most of 'em anyway, I'll bet it's quicker just to pop the whole thing (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The Results So Far (Was: spamcake collection)
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(...) NOT-SPAMCAKE: changing his email address (again) *sigh* tfn, radiotitan@It'sTheAm...00juno.com when replying, Easy-Bake Spamcake oven, new from Kenner (40 watt lightbulb not included) when replying, please disinfect the spamcake. NOT-SPAMCAKE: (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hey! I *like* seafood! What are you saying, Todd? :-D (...) I know. :-, That's why I chose the platform to pick on. (...) Okay, it's actually starting to make sense. You're morally opposed to the evilness of Windows, not its usefulness. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) No, not at all! First, I support someone's choice of platform they have chosen to develop for. Second, I understand that MS platforms are the chief money makers in the microcomputer software industry, and that there's a lot to be said for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I take it you have little respect for people who develop on MS platforms for a living...? I'm not sure I should be offended. It can also be argued that Perl on a Mac is equally evil: the OS doesn't even offer a shell, and its file system is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<378FEE80.48E1B0E8@voyager.net> <FEzwDw.9uC@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) It wasn't me, it was the footnotes. And I have pictures of you in your negligee. (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <FEzt0u.4ot@lugnet.com> (...) Now _there's_ a coin I can spend.. (...) Sproaticus may have prowess, but my prowess is my silliness. (...) in (...) Probably that parenthetical mark. A Lugnet n/d group search would work. Oddly enough, it would (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<378FF723.C72F88E6@voyager.net> <FEzw9F.9Hx@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) SF. (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Aw, Lar -- you called my bluff. :-P My personal ethic set forbid me to take monetary reward for such a small application. But I am planning an ethics upgrade sometime soon... :-, (...) Sure, I could use a good read. What section of the library (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<378FEE80.48E1B0E8@voyager.net> <FEzvnp.8H7@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Not all rewards are monetary.(1) However, send me your snail. 1 - for a good take on this theme read _Voyage (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And how many Lego sets can that buy me? :-, (...) Got it. The colon in the next line fooled me into thinking it was a header. Oops. Gotta fix that. New script is at: (URL) forgot to comment that it now considers headers to be /^[^:\s]+:/ . (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: spamcake collection
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(...) ...and starts spamcake sigs immediately after the /\bTom McD\b/ instead on the next line: BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom McD\b\.?\s*/ ) { $spamcake = $'; chomp $spamcake; while( $msgIn = <STDIN> ) { chomp $msgIn; (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<378FC233.F186DF41@io.com> <378FE4CF.D2247EDE@voyager.net> <FEzt0u.4ot@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Not free!!! You get paid in the coin of adulation, as we all admire your prowess (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) No free goods! ;-) Okay, how's this: when replying, peel back the spamcake to win! when replying, note the molecular complexity of spamcake. when replying, don't bid on the spamcake. when replying, spraypaint the spamcake. when replying, pop (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ...and finally handles spam on not-the-first-line: BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom McD\b/ ) { while( $msgIn = <STDIN> ) { chomp $msgIn; $spamcake = $msgIn; if( $msgIn !~ m/^>/ ) { chomp $msgIn; while( $sigIn = (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I'm pretty bored, please to put the "current best" output on an browsable or ftpable location every so often? Sproaticus wrote: (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) True -- I knowingly didn't take that into consideration. Yet. This should be fairly easy to fix -- just buffer all text after the signature /\bTom McD\b/ but before a ( blank line or a quoted line or a header line ) and grep that for "spam". (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That's what I was planning on doing. I can also delete lousier or message- content-reliant ones at the same time, as the latter don't stand by themselves for use in any old message. But I wasn't about to discourage anyone if they could do it. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Good read (Was: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?])
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(...) Majorcool geekage! --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Well, *since* we're in the off-topic, GEEK newsgroup... <-: (-; [-8 Yes, I knew those things about *phi* and I've left out a lot of other stuff about *phi* for aesthetic reasons. I've been at a bit of a quandary about what to do with my number and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<378FBF59.7B8E83D0@io.com> <FEznMB.K5z@lugnet.com> <FEzo55.KyI@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) For the sample set we have now. But what if EVERYONE starts doing the 'cake thing. This is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sounds like quite a challenging problem in its extreme... :) Since there are only about 350 of 'em, and editing will probably be necessary on most of 'em anyway, I'll bet it's quicker just to pop the whole thing into an editor and delete stuff (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (heh heh) I think I'm more grossed-out than amused. I'm already grossed out enough that there are a couple ports of perl to MS platforms. IMHO, Perl belongs in Unix (and offshots like OSX) and Microshaft OS's should die horrible deaths. The (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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That algorithm won't find the following (because "spamcake" appears two lines later not one line later): (URL) the following (because "spamcake" appears in the rare alternate form "spampucks"): (URL) like to also point out that you aren't matching (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) <FEzKnJ.F9n@lugnet.com> (...) What about a footnote? I've used those too. Usually they are formatted, "(1) foo blah glorp". (...) download (...) I'm (...) Forget my pandering. Doesn't have to be free. (...) That would work. (...) I don't do (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<378FBB46.D26CC30B@io.com> <378FBCE8.8372AB28@io.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) ...and handles non-spamcake spam appearances: BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<FEzILx.C5I@lugnet.com> <378FB99F.F46CAB87@io.com> <FEzKnJ.F9n@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Hardly any at all with the latest incantation. (1) (...) This is basically my strategy. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Writing (...) part (...) and (...) <snipped code> How much? too much to throw out manually? Hmm (with an empty stare). Consider that spamcake directives never have parentheses surrounding them (but I've put some parenthetical lines after my (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ...but does remove duplicates: BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom McD\b/ ) { while( $msgIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $msgIn !~ m/^>/ && $msgIn =~ m/spamcake/i ) { chomp $msgIn; $spamcake = $msgIn; while( $sigIn = <STDIN> ) { (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<FEzILx.C5I@lugnet.com> <378FB99F.F46CAB87@io.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Here's a better version, which... ...handles naked, quoted lines; ...outputs one spamcake per line; ...but doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) If Perl is the code of refreshment, swig on! :-, I'm not sure this will get all of them. It does introduce some non-sig text. BREAKAGE: while( $lineIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $lineIn =~ m/\bTom McD\b/ ) { while( $msgIn = <STDIN> ) { if( $msgIn =~ (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Woo-hoo!!!!! My 13 back-issues of The Perl Journal just came in! Just in time for my in-laws' visit! Hey -- the front cover of #5 (Vol. 2, No. 1) has Lego a Lego baseplate and a couple'a Duplofigs cavorting in a pile of rice and beans. I wonder if (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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